A Dictionary of Modern Greek Proverbs: With an English Translation, Explanatory Remarks, and Philological IllustrationsT. Clark, 1831 - 144 頁 |
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... Genius ! ) the encomium would be quite superfluous , especially as it is considered in almost every civilized country , as one of the most important parts of a liberal education . To speak of modern Greek by itself , without mentioning.
... Genius ! ) the encomium would be quite superfluous , especially as it is considered in almost every civilized country , as one of the most important parts of a liberal education . To speak of modern Greek by itself , without mentioning.
第 vi 頁
With an English Translation, Explanatory Remarks, and Philological Illustrations Alexander Negris. To speak of modern Greek by itself , without mentioning the ancient , of which it constitutes an inseparable part , would be the same ...
With an English Translation, Explanatory Remarks, and Philological Illustrations Alexander Negris. To speak of modern Greek by itself , without mentioning the ancient , of which it constitutes an inseparable part , would be the same ...
第 vii 頁
... speak of the diffi . culties of the Greek , I consider it in a point of view entirely different from that elementary knowledge which is ordinarily attained ; and feel confident that , were the true path pursued , it would appear even ...
... speak of the diffi . culties of the Greek , I consider it in a point of view entirely different from that elementary knowledge which is ordinarily attained ; and feel confident that , were the true path pursued , it would appear even ...
第 viii 頁
... speaking a dialect of the lan- guage of Homer , of Thucydides , of Sappho , ought not to be feeble stimulants in rendering its acqui- sition more general , and extending it to the fair sex , who , it is to be hoped , will not be much ...
... speaking a dialect of the lan- guage of Homer , of Thucydides , of Sappho , ought not to be feeble stimulants in rendering its acqui- sition more general , and extending it to the fair sex , who , it is to be hoped , will not be much ...
第 23 頁
... speak much and hastily without thinking . The tongue should not outstrip the thoughts , and every one should free his conversation from superfluous words . ; Δεμένος ὁ γάδαρος , ἀναπαυμένος ὁ νοικοκύρης . — The ass being tied , the ...
... speak much and hastily without thinking . The tongue should not outstrip the thoughts , and every one should free his conversation from superfluous words . ; Δεμένος ὁ γάδαρος , ἀναπαυμένος ὁ νοικοκύρης . — The ass being tied , the ...
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第 48 頁 - Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices, and minds, Had been incorporate. So we grew together, Like to a double cherry, seeming parted ; But yet a union in partition, Two lovely berries moulded on one stem ; So, with two seeming bodies, but one heart...
第 141 頁 - Je l'assistai dans l'indigence : II ne me rendit jamais rien. Mais quoiqu'il me dût tout son bien, Sans peine il souffrait ma présence. Oh ! la rare reconnaissance ! XVI. — Parodie de cinq vers de Chapelle4. Tout grand ivrogne du Marais Fait des vers que l'on ne lit guère.
第 113 頁 - Pericles delivered, nominally over the grave of those who had fallen in the first year of the Peloponnesian war, but really on the greatness of Athens, he considers that the city had a great claim on the gratitude and patriotism of her sons, on account of the abundant bodily and mental recreations she had provided for them.
第 139 頁 - When asked what he was going to do, he replied: "I am going to storm hell ; the soldiers are beginning to eat fire already.
第 119 頁 - ... one's eye cross-legged, and tether five elephants to the pole of a dancer. (Tamil). Should the mustache of one's aunt grow we may call her uncle. (Tamil). Teeth do not wear mourning. (Trinidad Creole). Smiles and laughter may cover a breaking heart. The blind man sought for a needle in the straw-loft, and the man with a lame hand made a basket to put it in. (Modern Greek). The distinction of big and little does not apply to snakes. (Tamil). The egg made faces at the chicken. (Telugu). Applied...
第 37 頁 - The frog flew into a passion, and the pond knew nothing about it : — To insignificant men whose expressions of wrath are disregarded by their superiors.
第 10 頁 - From a bad debtor even a bag of straw is worth having. 69> Tov (ГхиХоу xa/xE tr-jvTe%wiv xal то paf&tvw (Ьагта. Make the dog your companion, but hold fast your stao'.
第 103 頁 - When they tell you, you are drunk, hold by the wall, and go on : — It is sometimes good policy to yield to public opinion,, and act as if it were just.
第 118 頁 - At a deaf man's door, it is all one whether you knock or not; — Otherwise: '2 те? яшфви гя» З-iíçctv, KTv-ra Vívraxáffta.